The designation of taxonomic units has important implications for the understanding and
conservation of biodiversity. Eurasian vipers are a monophyletic group of viperid snakes …

Capture‐mark‐recapture procedures are a basic tool in population studies and require that
individual animals are correctly identified throughout their lifetime. A method that has …

The challenge of identifying the proximate causes and ecological consequences of
phenotypic variation can be facilitated by studying traits that are usually but not always …

Simple Summary Investigating how traits that are important for survival are inherited and
influenced by other factors, such as parental quality and physical condition, is crucial for …

Accepted: 26. February 2018/Available online: 26. February 2017/Printed: December 2018
Abstract. We developed a combined method for marking and identification of specimens of …

Head shape in lizards correlates with a wide range of environmental pressures, supporting
the hypothesis that patterns of phenotypic change represent adaptive responses to selective …

Understanding how phenotypic variation across species is shaped by the combination of
shared evolutionary history and environmental factors is key to elucidating the processes …

The northern viper or adder (Vipera berus) is increasingly the subject of conservation
projects. The data collected by such projects can be subject to much deeper analysis if they …

In the present study of mountainous populations of Vipera berus bosniensis a total of 122
individuals were photo-documented for future identification. When examining the material a …

The ecological advantages of dorsal pattern in European vipers, having aposematic/cryptic
roles and/or enhancing thermoregulation among others, suggest that dorsal colouration is …